Hydraulic separator.



No- 846,649. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. J. GURATOLO.

HYDRAULIC SEPARATOR] APPLICATION FILED JULY21, 1906.

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ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES:

To all whom it may concern:

JAMES CURATOLO, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDRAULEC SE PARATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

' A li ation July 21.1906. Serial No. 327.227.

Be it known that 1, 'JAMES CURATOLO, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at No.

742 South Eighth street, ihiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful.

' Improvements in Hydraulic Separators, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hydraulic separating apparatus by which relatively insoluble particles of matter mixed with a mass of.soluble matter may be separated therefrom by the action of water spra s,-which carry away i the soluble matter, leaving the insoluble particles behind.

My object is to provide a simple and readily-operated separator of this character which may be used for a variety of mineralogic, medical, commercial, and ordinary household purposes. I accomplish this by the means hereinbelow described, and shown in the accompanyin drawin which is a view in elevation, partly in vertical section, of the entire apparatus.

In theaccompanying-drawing, 1 is a vessel orreceptacle of any suitable shape, but preferably tapering toward thebottom thereof, as shown, furnished with a cover 2, adapted to be secured in place by the butterfly-screws 3 or other analogous means mounted in the flange of the cover and adapted to enter threaded openings in the corresponding flange ofthe vessel- 1. Said vessel is furnished with a bottom 4, which may be either of perforated sheet metal. or of wire-gauze. he pipe 5, mounted in the cover 2, has secured to its lower end a perforated nozzle 6. The upper end of said pipe is adapted to'receive the end of a length or section of flexible tubing 7'. t

The cover 8 isof suitable dimensions to fit over any eneral receptacle into which the. contents of the vessel 1 are to be drained and is provided with a vertical collar, into which the bottom of the' vessel may be tightly fit teda The pipe 5 is threaded in the cover 2 in order that said pipe and its nozzle may be vertically adjusted relatively to the,perfo-. rated bottom 4.

Having thus described my apparatus, the mode of operation thereof is as follows: The

'mass of matter to be treated. being placed the vessel 1., the cover 2 thereof is secured in place, and the bottom of the-vessel is fitted 1nto the vertical collar upon the cover 8, the

latter being laid in place over the opening of any suitable larger receptacle into which the contents of the vessel 1 are'to be drained.

The pipe 5 is then adjusted in the cover 2 soas to bring the nozzle 6 into a proper .position relative to the mass of matter in the bottom of the vessel. The end of the section of flexible tubing 7 is then connected to the upper end of the pipe 5 the other end of said tubing being coupled or connected to a faucet or other source of water-supply, and a flow of water is induced into the pipe 5, being sprayed by means of the nozzle 6 upon the matcrial to 'be disintegrated. This spraying action, taken in connection with the perforated or wire-mesh bottom, upon which the contents of the vessel rest, Washes through and carries away the soluble matter, leaving the insoluble particles behind, or where the mass to be separated is composed entirely of in-.

soluble particles of varying grades of fine-.

ness the action of the apparatus separates the mass into the finer part, which passes the mesh of the bottom, leaving in the vessel the residue, which consists of particles too large to pass the mesh.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In combination in a hydraulic separator, a receptacle, provided with a reticulated bottom, a cover, a centrally-located pipe mounted and vertically adjustable in said cover and provided with a spraying-nozzle whereby a downward discharge upon said reticulated bottom may. be effected from varying' heights above the same, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a hydraulic separa tor, a receptacle having inwardly-sloping sides and a meshed or perforated'bottom, a

cover adapted to be secured thereto, a centrally-located (pipe adjustably mounted in said cover an terminating in a sprayingnozzle, means such as the flexible tubing 7 for supplying water to said ipe, and an auxiliary cover into which sai receptacle may be fitted, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES OURATOLO.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH J. LAWLESS, H. B. SCHERMERHORN. 

